pngmeta command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix pngmeta command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

pngmeta: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pngmeta: command not found

In Ubuntu pngmeta is provided by pngmeta package.

pngmeta is:

This small filter program extracts metadata from PNG images and displays them as either HTML, SOIF, RDF/XML or simple fields and values.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install pngmeta

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install pngmeta.

sudo apt -y install pngmeta

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install pngmeta

In this tutorial we learn how to fix pngmeta command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.